TAUTNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Lack of movement or room for movement

Synonyms:

tautness; tightness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("tautness" is a kind of...):

immovability; immovableness (not capable of being moved or rearranged)

Derivation:

taut (pulled or drawn tight)

Meaning:

The physical condition of being stretched or strained

Example:

he could feel the tenseness of her body

Synonyms:

tautness; tenseness; tension; tensity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tautness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tautness"):

tone; tonicity; tonus (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli)

Derivation:

taut (subjected to great tension; stretched tight)